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pretypify

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[pree-tip-uh-fahy] / priˈtɪp əˌfaɪ /

verb (used with object)

pretypified, pretypifying

  1. to foreshadow or prefigure the type of.

    The father's personality pretypified his son's.

Etymology

Origin of pretypify

First recorded in 1650–60; pre- + typify

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Pretypify, prē-tip′i-fī, v.t. to represent by a type what is to happen: to prefigure.

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